Matt Gartzke

About Matt Gartzke

Minecraft Community Manager at Mojang Studios since 2016.

Experience

1. Minecraft Community Manager

   Microsoft

   Oct 2018 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Leading community team efforts and planning for Minecraft Dungeons and Minecraft Legends • Proactive planning and messaging surrounding upcoming releases and working to align different areas of the business for possible risks • Advocating for quality and top player issues by ensuring community feedback is addressed with every release, using ADO and JIRA to triage with cross-discipline teams based on player impact and severity• Using ClickUp to manage a calendar of upcoming posts, asset production, and stakeholder expectations to produce great experiences around announcements and releases • Working with release management and development teams to draft patch notes for weekly betas and other releases across our titles to keep players informed on the games’ changes • Regular studio game jam participant with several shipped features including the Fox, Drowned, improved sound effects, and new crafting recipes

Education

• Full Sail University

  Bachelor of Science, Film

  2009 — 2011

• Santa Barbara City College

  Associate of Arts, Media Arts

  2007 — 2009

• Full Sail University

  Master of Science, Game Design

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Photoshop
• Sketchup
• Film Production
• Dreamweaver
• Gameplay
• Task Tracking
• Ms Project
• Stencyl
• Game Design Documents
• Visio
• Alienbrain
• Web Design
• Css
• Project Management
• Community Management
• Livestreaming
• Github
• Online Content Creation
• Adobe Acrobat
• Visual Studio Online
• Film Electric
• Online Community Moderation
• Html
• Video Games
• Quality Assurance
• Games Usability
• Techne
• Hansoft
• Game Design
• Software Usability
• Microsoft Office
• Mcedit